国际政治学硕士是基于研究的硕士课程，它提供了机会来研究和撰写有关您选择的主题的6万字的论文，并且符合该系的研究兴趣。这将为您提供进行深入和扩展研究，发展详细的概念和/或经验知识以及一系列关键研究技能的机会。该系在国际政治领域的开拓性研究而闻名。2014年卓越研究框架（REF）的结果证实，国际政治系仍然是英国国际关系研究的领先学术部门之一。阿伯里斯特威斯大学的国际政治学系所提交的出版物中有76％被评为前两类（世界领先和国际优秀），在所有政治学和国际关系学系中均排名第七，在威尔士排名最高。提交的出版物中有69
The MPhil in International Politics is a research-based Masters, which provides an opportunity to research and write a 60,000-word thesis on a topic of your choosing and fits with the research interests of the Department. This will provide you with an opportunity to undertake in-depth and extended research, developing detailed conceptual and/or empirical knowledge and a range of critical research skills. The Department is renowned for its pioneering research in the field of International Politics. The results of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) confirm that the Department of International Politics continues to be one of the UK's leading academic departments for research in International Relations. With 76% of the publications submitted by the Department judged to be in the top two categories (world leading and internationally excellent), International Politics at Aberystwyth University was ranked 7th in all departments of Politics and International Relations, and was placed best in Wales with 69% of publications submitted rated as world leading.